Gary Kelly on CNBC right now....

[satpak77]

almost exact quotes but may be slightly different...


- "No plans to fly international ourselves right now"

- "SW flies more business travellers in USA than any other airlines"

- "Open to more international codeshare partners but want to focus on Volaris partnership right now"

- "Charleston and Greenville-Spartanburg only new cities next year"

thats about it. Kinda dry interview, no real cheer-leader SWA rocks attitude

 

[Donald]

No surprise there, rarely do they announce big news in that way.

 

[Daddy]

Should have an announcement on the 17th or 18th...whichever is the birthday celebration...probably 800's but who knows. Supposedly there are new sked optimizations for this winter being posted this week, too.

 

[General Lee]

almost exact quotes but may be slightly different...


- "No plans to fly international ourselves right now"

- "SW flies more business travellers in USA than any other airlines"

- "Open to more international codeshare partners but want to focus on Volaris partnership right now"

- "Charleston and Greenville-Spartanburg only new cities next year"

thats about it. Kinda dry interview, no real cheer-leader SWA rocks attitude

Yeah, but GK told CHASE PERSONALLY that they wouldn't be merging anytime soon. He told him that PERSONALLY. So, looking at the above, I see continued stagnation for the junior Captains and all FOs.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[satpak77]

Yeah, but GK told CHASE PERSONALLY that they wouldn't be merging anytime soon. He told him that PERSONALLY. So, looking at the above, I see continued stagnation for the junior Captains and all FOs.


Bye Bye--General Lee

now now....lets be nice.....

I am not getting in the middle of that. Just posting some news.....

anyone holding a seniority number at DAL or SWA in todays economy is in an enviable position, I think we all know that...

 

[Quimby]

Yeah, but GK told CHASE PERSONALLY that they wouldn't be merging anytime soon. He told him that PERSONALLY. So, looking at the above, I see continued stagnation for the junior Captains and all FOs.


Bye Bye--General Lee

I see continued stagnation for the next, say 2 1/2 years, for all airline pilots.

 

[Quiet Flight]

Quimby, who died and made you God?! Whaddya have a crystal ball or something?! Where did you come up with 2 1/2 years???

:beer:

 

[Quimby]

Quimby, who died and made you God?! Whaddya have a crystal ball or something?! Where did you come up with 2 1/2 years???

:beer:

It's a magic 8 ball......shhh.........don't tell anyone.
imp:

 

[Slug]

65 maybe???????????

 

[av8tor4239]

I had to shut off my cable due to furlough... wish I had CNBC :-(

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

C'mon Gary.....

That's a hell of a claim to make about the "most business passengers!" Please do tell us how he got THAT idea....

What a load.....Sounds good for Wall Street (Sorry Wave, he's starting to answer to the REAL Masters) but does he really think a business guy on AMR is going to say, "ya know...I'm gonna fly SWA, what was I thinking!"

 

[puddlejumper101]

C'mon Gary.....

That's a hell of a claim to make about the "most business passengers!" Please do tell us how he got THAT idea....

What a load.....Sounds good for Wall Street (Sorry Wave, he's starting to answer to the REAL Masters) but does he really think a business guy on AMR is going to say, "ya know...I'm gonna fly SWA, what was I thinking!"

actually you would be surprised...

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

actually you would be surprised...

Seriously? I mean c'mon.....how do you measure it? Instead of the usual FlipFlops and Wifebeater Crowd, if the guy is wearing a suit, does he count?

How do you measure it?? Corp. Contracts? Or if the guy has a dime bag in his duffel he's trying to move, doe's HE count??

 

[General Lee]

actually you would be surprised...

Well, SWA probably does transport the most "business women" from the LA area to LAS to be "friends" to high rollers each weekend, right? Not exactly sure about that, but I suppose GK would include that group in there too....


Bye Bye----General Lee

 

[mt2]

What Gary said was more along the lines of SWA carries the most passengers domestically in the US and by extension probably carries the most business pax....